Investigating Google Chrome 66.0.3359 Artefact: Internet Forensics Approach

Evidence identification, extraction and analysis are crucial in the field of digital forensics and security at large. Evidence credibility, integrity and admissibility can help in deciding whether a criminal will be refuted or charged in a law court. One of the founts through which evidence is mined is Google chrome. Apart from Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Opera, UC Browser among many other browsers, Google chrome is one of the leading web browser versions which is compatible with many OS platforms including Android devices. Suspects can exploit web browsers in many ways, for instance by using them to collect information about their targets, to hide their crime as well as to search about new crime methods. Significantly, searching for artefacts left by browsing activities is significant in unearthing these activities. This research aims to establish forensic artefacts left by Google chrome web browser when using History Eraser version 4.8.7.5 extension installed on Google Chrome version 66.0.3359.181 running on Windows 10 operating system.